this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
37 points (100.0% liked)

World News

2625 readers
123 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think whether a deal is made or not will ultimately depend on the US. If Trump pulls weapons from Ukraine then the war is over, so he has a huge amount of leverage over them. Whether the US will eventually agree to Russian terms is the real question here.

The funny part with the whole thing here is that Europeans made an ultimatum to Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire. Then Putin came out with a statement that a ceasefire can only come as a result of negotiations, and then suggested a concrete date and place to hold negotiations. He masterfully outplayed them diplomatically here.

[–] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True. I don't have any confidence in Trump's administration as peacemaker, though.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's all a question of how the US wants to pull out of the war. The decision they have to make is whether they value the relationship with Russia or Europe more. Forcing Ukraine to take the deal would burn bridges with Europe, but it would open opportunities to restart economic relations with Russia. Given that European economy is crashing, and that the US now sees China as the main threat, it's entirely possible they make a cynical decision to prioritize securing resource deals with Russia over Europe.

[–] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

That makes sense.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

he masterfully outplayed my patience. I was promised Oreshniks but waited 2 hours to see him ramble about his holiday plans to Turkey.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

the most American comment ever